(Two in one) Lu Liran raised his eyebrows: “You’re an Omega, be more reserved.”
…
The team rested for several hours under the big tree. With water and shade, it was like a luxury villa area in the desert.
Xian Dan’s team hardly wanted to leave here.
They finally escaped from the fingertips of the god of death. God knows how much willpower and courage it will take to set off again, to leave the safe shelter, and walk towards the unknown route that they know there will be more hidden dangers.
The other team members were counting and sorting out the remaining supplies. They sewed most of the craft furs they brought into water bags and brought as much water as possible.
But Xian Dan came to Lu Liran’s side from time to time, so many times that the audience in the live broadcast room could see that this person seemed to have something to say.
Xian Yu covered his face across the live broadcast room, his stupid brother must never mention letting Brother Lu lead the team. Thinking about it with his toes, he knew that not only would Brother Lu not agree, but he would also turn people into idiots.
When Xian Dan flashed in front of Lu Liran again, Lu Liran frowned.
[Pfft, it’s over, Brother Lu is upset]
[Young master Feller: Brother Lu is so fierce]
[Hahahahahaha, the upstairs is so annoying, I have a voice in my head!]
Xian Yu took a light breath.
Xian Dan stopped in front of Lu Liran, he finally mustered up the courage to speak, and asked: “Where does Mr. Lu plan to go next?”
Lu Liran was not surprised that Xian Dan would come to him.
He had reminded these people not to try to conquer the desert in vain, and not to trust bounty hunters who are so-called desert guides, don’t wander if they don’t have the ability.
He raised the corner of his mouth mockingly, he glanced at the other part, and lazily leaned against the tree trunk and replied: “It’s not on the way anyway.”
Xian Dan: “……”
[Hahahahahaha, Brother Lu’s answer really cut off all chat options]
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
[Engrave the words “I don’t want to chat” on his face]
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Lu Liran glanced at Xian Dan, he was silent for a few seconds and said: “Sit down.”
Looking up at the tall man, he looked tired.
Xian Dan didn’t react, but he felt flattered, and quickly sat next to Lu Liran.
Ke Ji squinted his eyes, and suddenly said: “Sit across from me.”
Xian Dan: “?”
Lu Liran turned to look at Ke Ji, but also felt that Xian Dan was sitting too close, and it was too hot, so he nodded and said: “Sit over there.”
Xian Dan groaned and moved his buttocks to sit opposite of Lu Liran, looking at him with bright eyes: “Mr. Lu, please tell me.”
“Tell me briefly about the route you have traveled, the situations you have encountered, and the current status of the team members.” Lu Liran said.
Xian Dan scratched his head. Although he didn’t quite understand the direct connection between this and the direction he asked, he still answered in detail one by one:
“We came in from the northeast border of Salba. The original route was intended to cut straight into the hinterland, but after walking for half a day, the route was cut off by a huge rock shelf several hundred meters long. We had to go around the rock shelf to go inside.”
“Counting up, after bypassing that rock shelf, that was the beginning of the nightmare. That rock shelf was tens of meters high and nearly a thousand meters long, like a lofty giant wall separating the two sides of the desert.”
As Xian Dan spoke, his heart skipped a beat, giving birth to an indescribable uneasiness and shock.
He looked at Lu Liran, then suppressed the uneasiness and fear in his heart, and said to Lu Liran: “Thinking about it now, that rock shelf looks like it was deliberately erected there to thwart travelers who tried to break in.”
Lu Liran narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
When their escape ship made an emergency landing in this desert, it should be closer to the foot of Teller Mountain, and thus closer to the core hinterland. They walked all the way south, the closer to the south, the lower the altitude, and the higher the probability of finding water.
The route of Xian Dan’s team is exactly one north and one south.
Xian Dan continued:
“After we circled into the desert behind the rock shelf, we lost our way for a while, and we deviated from our direction as we walked. At that time we didn’t realize that it was the optical brain that had been affected.”
“It wasn’t until night, when we camped and slept, we were unable to take out the tents stored in the terminal, all the equipment seemed to be malfunctioning so we realized that there might be something in this desert that would affect the optical brain and terminal energy.”
“We immediately decided to go back, and chose a route that took about half a day and less than a foot journey. From here, across this section, you can reach the border.” Xian Dan broke a branch and drew a rough route on the sand.
He drew a rough map of the Salba Desert in two or three strokes. It can be seen that he had indeed pondered over the route map before, very impressive.
Lu Liran glanced at it, but couldn’t help but sneered, he took the branch from Xian Dan’s hand, and circled it: “Did you cross from here? From the map, it can save nearly two-thirds of the travel time, but do you know what is here?”
Xian Dan looked at Lu Liran and shook his head in a daze, they hadn’t gone there yet.
“This is a canyon, a thousand-meter-long abyssal canyon. Fragile sedimentary rocks are easily broken after weathering, and it is almost impossible to climb rocks with bare hands. Do you still want to cross here?”
Xian Dan was taken aback.
Even if it is a solid rock wall, it is impossible for this group of people to climb rocks with bare hands.
Freehand rock climbing? No one would do such a thing!
Lu Liran: (Not difficult)
Xian Dan murmured: “We don’t know…the map doesn’t show that this is a canyon.”
Lu Liran clicked his tongue: “Can’t you see it if it’s not displayed on the map? The contour lines on both sides, the shape of the nearby land surface, you can’t see so many clues? Are you blind?”
Xian Dan choked slightly, these data analyzes were all done by optical brains, and they were not geological experts, so how could they have such comprehensive analysis capabilities?
Lu Liran glanced at him, he skipped the topic for the time being, and said: “However, since the direction you planned to go in is this way, but now you have reached the southwest of it, this position is quite enchanting.”
It can be said to be offset by a quarter.
Xian Dan blushed, they were wary of the direction of the guide, but they were all accustomed to judging the route with the help of optical brain calculations. Once they were separated from the optical brain, the field professional training they received would become useless.
Even the most basic direction judgment will be affected by a little bit of deviation during the process of travel, resulting in the final result being quite different from the expected one.
Not to mention the others—— finding water, avoiding wild animals, predicting the weather…these small problems are not worth mentioning under the powerful knowledge base and computing power of high-end optical brains, but now these small problems are absorbing their vitality one by one.
This is not only because they rely on optical brains, but most modern interstellar people rely on optical brains to assist in judgment. This is the influence of tools in the age of technology, and it is the epitome of the characteristics of the era. Just like in their eyes, people who still know how to use the most primitive tools and astrology are niche and different.
Seeing Xian Dan blushing and couldn’t speak, with a raised eyebrow, he knew where the other party’s fault was.
He waved his hand and said: “But even if you go right, you will still encounter that canyon, and you will have to return to the current route in the end. Now that your guide has planned the route for you, no matter how you go, you will reach his goal.”
Lu Liran became a little interested in the guide. The man seemed determined to lead the merchant fleet into the hinterland. He seemed to be very familiar with this desert, should be someone who has entered the hinterland, knows what is inside, and has a strong purpose.
“Where did the guide go? When did you separate from each other?” Lu Liran asked.
“We encountered a sandstorm that night. We originally had forty camel horses, half of which were lost in the sandstorm. The guide also disappeared at that time.” Xian Dan said with a sullen face.
When the sandstorm happened, all the team members were close together, and the reins of the forty camel horses might not be tight, and they ran away in panic when the sandstorm came.
“Sandstorms come and go quickly. After the sandstorm dissipated, we recovered some camels overnight, but we still lost a lot,” Xian Dan said.
Lu Liran nodded. In his opinion, the loss of the camels was considered a good result.
“The guide disappeared at this time? Then the rest of the road, which is equivalent to the second half of the night and this morning, was walked by yourself?” Lu Liran asked.
Xian Dan nodded: “We judged the general direction based on the sun, and walked towards the border we thought.”
“We didn’t walk at night, but made a makeshift fire overnight at a pile of rocks. But when I woke up in the morning, I found that two team members had been frozen to death.” Xian Dan lowered his eyes, “They huddled on the back of the camel horse to keep warm and sleep. It was unknown when the fire next to them went out. When we were about to set out to count the number of people, we found their bodies.”
Lu Liran was silent for a while, Salba’s night has always been a quiet executioner.
[Ah, this…Brother Lu highlighted what he said before]
[Yes, Brother Lu said that dying this way is particularly painless]
[But its stifling to die like that, I feel like it could be avoided, ei]
Xian Dan looked at Lu Liran, his face pale with memories: “The death of those two team members was like a signal to start.”
Sunnyshies: More deaths in part 2!
Didn’t you updated the chapter in the wrong novel?
Pretty sure this is updated to the wrong novel!~
I was so confused lol
hahaha…wrong title, lol! I just noticed it as well!! I clicked the wrong title…hahaha, sorry! 。。。ミヽ(。＞＜)ノ
Hh it’s ok~
This is not a forgiving desert.
»Yes, Brother Lu said that dying this is particularly painless.« this way is (or smth like that)
Now I’m curious of the agenda of that said guide or if there is none and author-sama just makes it sound like that xD
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
Thanks, thanks!!
So we’re going into the horror genre? Cause it sounds like one of those horror, sci-fi films. Crew disappearing bit by bit and then death. 💀
Well translator-san did mention that this arc will have some horror element in it and this will be the arc full of adventures and that this arc is the arc where we get to see nature having an advantage against man kind, we already got some examples, the desert is very dry and water is like gold, the weather is unpredictable and the temperature changes drastically in daytime and night time, and there is also something blocking the lightbrains and other technologies